A Pennsylvania court on Monday said that the state’s constitution guarantees a right to abortion while striking down a decades-long law banning the use of state Medicaid funds to cover abortion costs. The ruling by a divided seven-judge panel of the appellate-level Commonwealth Court is a major victory for Planned Parenthood and abortion clinic operators […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Seven years after U.S. citizen Kelly Knight was found dead in her apartment in Medellin, Colombia, her family is seeking international legal intervention, claiming the Colombian justice system has failed them. The case, investigated as a suspected femicide, has remained stalled since 2019, prompting her parents to submit a request last […]
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government on Monday confirmed that it had recently met with U.S. officials on the island as tensions between the two sides remain high over the U.S. energy blockade of the Caribbean country. Senior U.S. State Department officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, had said on Friday that American diplomats flew earlier […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Amtrak train service in Florida was disrupted Monday because of a wildfire in the northeast part of the state, officials said. The auto train service between Sanford, Florida, near Orlando, and Lorton, Virginia, outside Washington, was canceled for Monday, Amtrak said in a statement. The train service allows passengers to take […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A third person has died following a series of shootings in the Atlanta area. Police in Brookhaven say Tony Mathews, a 49-year-old homeless man, died Sunday from injuries after he was shot in the early morning hours of April 13 outside a grocery store. Authorities say they’re seeking an additional murder charge […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Animal welfare activists converged outside of Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ Capitol office on Monday, chanting “Free the dogs!” and demanding that the governor and attorney general do what they can to shut down a beagle breeding and research facility where many of the protesters clashed with police two days earlier. An […]
Mississippi College School of Law is one of the first schools in the nation to tackle the growing influence of artificial intelligence in jurisprudence by making AI education mandatory for all students. For John Anderson, dean of the school, the goal is to train law students “to use the technology effectively, efficiently, and ethically and […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday she would demand explanations after four U.S. Embassy and Mexican officials died in an accident over the weekend, adding she had been unaware of collaboration between the U.S. and the local government in northern Chihuahua. Sheinbaum said she wanted to ensure no laws were broken […]
Hundreds of delegates are arriving at the United Nations this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. But they arrive against an increasingly hostile global backdrop, facing an artificial intelligence boom driving new extraction on ancestral lands, a U.S. administration that has made it increasingly difficult for Global South delegates to secure visas […]
For investors hurtling toward retirement, sitting tight with stocks has been the path of least resistance in recent years. Stocks, especially U.S. names, have soundly outperformed bonds. However, recent events should serve as a wake-up call to take some risk off the table and give bonds a closer look. Stocks have recently encountered some volatility […]
TEMECULA, Calif. (AP) — A balloon landed in a Southern California backyard — a balloon with 13 people. The enormous hot air balloon, with a pilot and passengers in the basket, descended perfectly Saturday on a narrow area of grass at a home in Temecula. Hunter Perrin said he had no idea that he had […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer D4vd has been charged with murder in the death of a 14-year-old girl who was last known to be alive nearly a year ago and whose dismembered and decomposed body was found in September in his apparently abandoned Tesla, prosecutors said Monday. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said […]
FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic magazine for $250 million on Monday, claiming an article that talked about his alleged excessive drinking was false and a “malicious hit piece.” The Atlantic, in response, said it stood by its reporting and would vigorously defend against the “meritless lawsuit.” In the article, posted on the magazine’s […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police responded to a mass shooting that occurred after a planned fight involving young people escalated and led to multiple people shooting at each other at a North Carolina park on Monday morning, authorities said. The shooting happened around 10 a.m. at Leinbach Park, which is near Jefferson Middle School, Winston-Salem […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear from Catholic preschools that say Colorado violated their religious rights by excluding them from a state-funded program over their admission policies. The court agreed Monday to take up the appeal from St. Mary Catholic Parish, which is supported by the Republican Trump administration. The facilities argue it’s […]
MILL HALL, Pa. (AP) — A mother and six children ranging in age from 3 to 11 were killed in an explosion and fire at a central Pennsylvania home, authorities said. Firefighters responding to a report of an explosion and fire at a home in Lamar Township in Clinton County near Mill Hall on Sunday […]
Thousands of survivors of the 2025 Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, have elected to accept an upfront settlement from the utility accused of causing it, forgoing future litigation for a faster payment that could help them rebuild or relocate. But unless a bill moving through Congress becomes law, that money could be taxed as income, […]
SHOREHAM, Vt. (AP) — Meghan Ireland always loved chemistry, but as a college freshman studying chemical engineering, she didn’t know she could channel her passion for science into the art of making whiskey. It took stumbling across an article about a female chemical engineer who became a master whiskey distiller for something to click: Ireland’s […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The ceasefire in the Iran war hangs in the balance as Pakistan’s capital stands prepared for possible new talks between Tehran and Washington. As of right now, the two-week ceasefire will expire at 0000 GMT Wednesday (8 p.m. ET Tuesday.) But the truce between Iran, Israel and the United […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The cherry blossoms draw more than a million visitors to Washington’s Tidal Basin annually. This year was no different, except some strolling the area between the Lincoln Memorial and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial were dressed in camouflage — and armed. Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the […]
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The center-left coalition of ex-president Rumen Radev has emerged as the clear winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, the country’s central electoral commission said Monday, ending half a decade of political fragmentation. With 96% of the ballots counted by early Monday, results showed the Progressive Bulgaria coalition receiving 44.7% of the vote, […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Monday offered a new death toll for the war with Israel and the United States, with its forensic chief saying at least 3,375 people had been killed in the conflict. The figure came from Abbas Masjedi, the head of Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization. Masjedi, quoted by the […]
The U.S. Navy’s forcible seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ships threw doubt on an announcement from President Donald Trump that U.S. negotiators will head to Pakistan on Monday for another round of talks with Iran. Trump’s announcement Sunday had raised hopes of extending a fragile ceasefire set to expire by Wednesday, but Iran has not […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States and the Philippines kicked off one of their largest combat exercises Monday in an annual display of allied military might aimed at deterring aggression in Asia, despite Washington’s preoccupation with the war in the Middle East. The large-scale drills will expand this year to include new full-time participants […]
